Rick On The Media
Thursday, April 22nd, 2004

Written By Rick Ellis

Profiles Of Near Courage
In some fundamental ways, it's not easy being a TV critic--particularly one for a newspaper. You don't get much respect from the traditional news reporters, most of which consider television and media reporting to be just one step above covering garden shows and mall openings. While movie critics are thought of journalists covering an art form, most TV critics are thought of as lightweight writers, incapable of hard reporting.

The Sexiest TV Newscaster
So who is the sexiest news anchor on televison? According to the visitors of Playboy.com, it's Headline News anchor Robin Meade. As of 5:00 P.M. CT on Wednesday, she was the clear leader, with about 40% of the nearly 40,000 cast so far in the obviously very unscientific survey.

Here are the complete results, if you're interested. And yes, I was just visiting Playboy.com to read the articles.

Robin Meade Headline News 40%
Rudi Bakhtiar Headline News 19%
Laurie Dhue Fox News 16%
Paula Zahn CNN 7%
Elizabeth Vargas ABC 6%
SuChin Pak MTV 3%
Alison Stewart MSNBC 3%
Linda Stouffer Headline News 3%
Sharyl Attkisson CBS News 2%
Kate Snow ABC News 2%

 

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